---
title: 'Death in the Garden (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Luis Buñuel'
released: '1956-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Mexico'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/death-in-the-garden-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049521/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Death in the Garden (1956)

1956 · 97 min · Drama · France, Mexico

Original title: La Mort en ce jardin

## Synopsis

La mort en ce jardin a.k.a. Diamond Hunters is a 1956 adventure film by director Luis Buñuel, based on a novel by José-André Lacour, that stars Simone Signoret, Charles Vanel and Michel Piccoli, with additional dialogue by Raymond Queneau. Set in an unidentified South American country, it recounts the bloody suppression by the corrupt governing regime of an insurrection by illegal diamond miners, after which five disparate fugitives take to the jungle in search of safety.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Luis Buñuel](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-bunuel)
- **Screenplay:** [Luis Buñuel](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-bunuel), [Raymond Queneau](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-queneau), [Luis Alcoriza](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-alcoriza), [José-André Lacour](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-andre-lacour)
- **Editor:** [Luis Buñuel](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-bunuel)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paul Misraki](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-misraki)

## Cast

- [Charles Vanel](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-vanel)
- [Georges Marchal](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-marchal)
- [Michel Piccoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-piccoli)
- [Simone Signoret](https://cinepixo.com/people/simone-signoret)
- [Michèle Girardon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-girardon)
- [Federico Curiel](https://cinepixo.com/people/federico-curiel)

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